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I went to that link and read the comments and defended DJ. What a bunch of whiners.

Fact: DJ is a bad man. Defensive coaches love him I bet as long as he doesn't get too many flags. I thought he kept his cool with Manning was smart too and don't blame Peyton really. He is just being a leader for his team.

hopefully they dont fine him but i wouldnt be surprised, ive seen some hits that with no helmet contact and the defensive player still gets fined. incidental helmet contact where its not the defender's fault more often than not still leads to a fine. thats todays nfl.

If dj tried to get low and tackle him it would have been head to head. DJ's job is to tackle him. He did it the best way he could cleanly. If Welker didn't duck he would have hit him straight in the chest. Welker made the situation worse by ducking and hurt himself. If he didn't duck it would have still been a huge hit but a lot less likely concussed. What are these db's gonna have to do to not get a penalty in situations like this? Sooner or later they're gonna have to increase the pay for defensive players across the league to pay for fines because it's unavoidable. This is why I love college so much more than the NFL.

A shot to the head is always going to get called, so there's that. But Its not really DJ's fault IMO. Welker and Manning both know that going up the middle against a safety like DJ Swearinger will lead to some punishment. Was it worth a gamble like that in a preseason game? Obviously not, so dumb move by Manning/Welker/OC.

Swearinger is a pitbull managing his territory, if you challenge him he is going to make you pay. If your job as receiver is to catch and sit in order to avoid the hit, don't get mad when you're out for the season bc your QB tried to thread-the-needle between three defenders and nearly gets your head taken off. Unfortunately for DJ he'll get tagged as "dirty" just bc offensive players don't want to be tackled/hit anymore and need time to slide or run out-of-bounds in order to avoid the collision.

hopefully they dont fine him but i wouldnt be surprised, ive seen some hits that with no helmet contact and the defensive player still gets fined. incidental helmet contact where its not the defender's fault more often than not still leads to a fine. thats todays nfl.

He will get fined. The Texans coaching staff have had issues with DJ's undisciplined play.

He will get fined. The Texans coaching staff have had issues with DJ's undisciplined play.

The hit was clean, DJ is a heavy hitter and everyone knows it and plays with a lot of emotion. Coming across the middle to a receiver leaves him open to these types of hits. Welker is way too small to use in that situation. DJ was not head hunting on the play, just doing what he had to do to stop Welker. This is football, right? Hard hits happen!!